A few weeks ago I picked up a new YA series for my teenage daughter on a whim at Walmart. The books were marked down to $7 (for trade paperbacks) and I thought they sounded like something she would enjoy. I tend to be a rather strict parent, however, and I wanted to make sure […]
For some reason I had a really hard time getting into books last month. I managed to finish 14, but it was a struggle. I picked up and put down so many after checking the blurb I lost count, and I started and stopped 15. The issue here isn’t the books. Some of them were […]
I used to have an entire list of auto-buy authors. Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood, Linda Howard, Hannah Howell, J.D. Robb, Susan Elizabeth Phillips and many, many more. Over the years many of the authors that used to be auto-buys have fallen off my radar. Mostly because I’m not as impressed with their work as I […]
I have to admit, commitment scares the ever lovin’ hell out of me. No, I’m not talking about relationship-wise. I’m talking about here in blogland. Recently Ciara and The Book Smugglers announced they were kicking off The Windflower World Tour. I think the idea behind it s fabulous! Not only are they discussing what’s considered […]
I’m very much a “comfort zone” reader. It takes a lot to get me to move out of my comfort zone of favorite authors/sub-genres. This year I told myself it was time to break away from that and try new things. I’ve had some success with that. I’ve tried some new-to-me authors and read a […]